Are you using Tesla's Powerwall 2 energy system to store power for your home? It might not be safe to do so.
U.S. Representative Robert Garcia of California, top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, told CNN's Kaitlan Collins Monday night that additional documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate are expected to be released.
The Texas lawsuit hinges on the unproven claim that Tylenol causes autism. A Texas Judge has rejected a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to issue a temporary order barring Tylenol's maker, Kenvue, from claiming amid litigation that the pain and fever medication is safe for pregnant women and children, according to court documents.
The Republican congresswoman warned that Trump and other conservatives calling her a traitor "could ultimately lead to a harmful or even deadly outcome." read more
The Russian army has a reputation for murdering, torturing and treating its own recruits terribly. How does such behavior become acceptable in a military?
Another [deeper dive] view ...
The Air You Breathe May Affect Your Alzheimer's Risk (March 2024)
www.alzinfo.org
... People who live in areas with lots of vehicle traffic and who breath in pollutants from diesel exhaust and other sources have brain changes that are tied to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. These findings, detailed in a recent study, add to growing evidence linking air pollution to brain decline.
For the new study, published in the journal Neurology, researchers at Emory University looked for signs of Alzheimer's disease in the brains of 224 deceased men and women in the Atlanta area who had donated their brains to science. Their average age at death was 76.
The researchers also looked at the home addresses of the donors at the time of death, and determined traffic-related air pollution levels near their homes in the years preceding their deaths. They focused on levels of PM2.5, the tiny pollutant particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter that can be particularly damaging to health. This fine particulate matter can enter the bloodstream where high levels are linked to an increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, respiratory problems and lung disease. These tiny particles may also enter the brain, and a growing body of research has linked them to an increased risk of dementia.
The investigators found that those people who lived in areas with high levels of traffic-related air pollution had higher amounts of amyloid plaques in their brains. The presence of amyloid plaques, which are formed by the clumping together of toxic beta-amyloid in the brain, is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. People with the highest exposure to fine particulate matter in the year before their death were nearly twice as likely to have higher levels of plaques, while those with higher exposure in the three years before death were 87 percent more likely to have higher levels of plaques. ...
Strawbs - Remembering; You And I (When We Were Young); Grace Darling (1975)
www.youtube.com
Partial lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Verse 1]
You have been my lighthouse
In every storm
You have given shelter
You have kept me safe and warm
And in my darkest nights
You have shone your brightest lights
You are my saving grace
Darling, I love you
[Verse 2]
You have been the pilot
Who guides me home
You have been the my rock
As on the seven seas I roam
And when I was becalmed
You were the strength in my arms
You are my saving grace
Darling, I love you
[Interlude]
And when I found my back
Was torn and broken on the reef
You sailed your tiny boat
Across the dark seas of my disbelief
[Verse 3]
You have been the anchor
And I the chain
Straining as we hold ourselves
Together in the rain
...
They don't write songs like that anymore ...
@#2 ... Obviously, DOGE should have gotten rid of that pesky deep state abomination. ...
Funny you should mention that.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) s currently being dismembered, with a planned death.
To wit ...
Musk Wants to Delete the CFPB to Enrich Himself. It Gives a Green Light to All Corporate Scammers. (February 13, 2025)
rooseveltinstitute.org
... In the name of "government efficiency," Elon Musk has marked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for "deletion," though there is significant pushback to the outlandish idea that a special government contractor could zero out an agency funded by Congress.
Acting CFPB director Russell Vought -- a Project 2025 coauthor who has vowed to put federal workers "in trauma" -- has ordered the agency to halt all of its work.
And several Musk loyalists have reportedly infiltrated the agency's computer systems and sent out blanket termination emails to dozens of employees. What they're searching for is unclear, but it likely has nothing to do with efficiency. The CFPB has an exemplary track record as a steward of public resources.
Its 2025 budget of $823 million is a fraction of the $20.7 billion it has returned to the American people since its founding by cracking down on corporate fraud and abuse and enforcing consumer protection laws.
It's useful to think about this latest attack through the lens of Musk's personal financial interests. He is reportedly working with Visa to launch his own digital payment system, "X Money," which would subject his platform to the CFPB's regulatory oversight.
Not coincidentally, Musk's attempts to destroy the agency come just a few months after it finalized a rule expanding its supervisory authority to include digital payments apps, including these platforms' handling of consumer data and potential role in attempts to defraud older adults.
That Musk sees the elimination of an anti-scam agency as central to his project should alarm everyone. ...
@#5 ... So, Big Tech wants to build an aristocracy here in America? ...
More ...
Revealed: MAGA has a plan to outlive Trump
www.alternet.org
... A controversial theory that states an "aristocracy" is needed to move the country forward is being pushed as the playbook for a post-President Donald Trump MAGA with tech-elites at the center of power, according to the Washington Post.
At the center of this theory is a lesser known "tech elite," Arizona insurance entrepreneur and conservative media Chris Buskirk, who according to the Post, "helms the Rockbridge Network, a secretive organization ... that has established itself as one of the most influential forces in GOP politics."
"With significant funding from tech leaders, Rockbridge aims to equip MAGA to outlive Trump," the Post explains.
The group is gearing up for the midterms and the 2028 presidential election, in which members "hope" Vice President JD Vance " a close ally of tech billionaire Peter Thiel " will be the Republican nominee.
Although Buskirk is much more low-key than Thiel and his more known billionaire buddies, his ties to the Trump world run deep, the Post explains. ...
@#3 ... War is a Racket.
So is MAGA. ...
I'm currently thinking that MAGA may become more than a racket.
For example ...
Secret GOP Cabal With Vance and Thiel Plots Eternal MAGA Rule (November 4, 2025)
www.thedailybeast.com
... JD Vance and Peter Thiel convened a secret cabal of GOP-friendly businesspeople and influencers to a small Ohio town to brainstorm on building a MAGA movement that outlasts Trump.
A Washington Post report published Tuesday morning revealed details of a 2019 GOP strategy meeting in the small town of Rockbridge, Ohio, attended by billionaires and media personalities including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, hedge fund manager Rebekah Mercer, and economist Oren Cass.
The attendees formed the "Rockbridge Network," a GOP strategy network helmed by conservative venture capitalist Chris Buskirk, whose aim is to build a MAGA movement that outlasts Donald Trump by letting business leaders shape American policy. ...
@#61 ... A 2020 Justice Department report into the case found "poor judgment" was made in giving Epstein a sweetheart deal at the time."...
Ya think.
Yet Pres Trump appointed Mr Acosta to his Cabinet.
As a reward?
Alexander Acosta
en.wikipedia.org
... In 2007"2008, as U.S. attorney, Acosta approved a plea deal that allowed child-trafficking ring-leader Jeffrey Epstein to plead guilty to a single state charge of solicitation, in exchange for a federal non-prosecution agreement.[2]
After Epstein's arrest in July 2019 on sex trafficking charges, Acosta faced renewed and harsher criticism for his role in the 2008 non-prosecution agreement, as well as criticism and calls for his resignation as Secretary of Labor; he resigned on July 19 and was replaced by Eugene Scalia.
Since March of 2025, Acosta has been a member of the board of directors of Newsmax and serves as its Audit Committee chair.[3] ...
@#5 ... NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani advised his one million social media followers to boycott Starbucks in support of their strike. In 2021, the Bronx High School of Science graduate and NYS Assemblyman went on a 15-day hunger strike in support of striking NYC taxi drivers while Andrew Cuomo was gorging himself on delicious New York calzones after being kicked out of office for sexual harassment. ...
That's a reasonable summary, imo.